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Growing evidence linking earmarks to bribes from lobbyists andtheir clients has encouraged Congress to enact reforms, but many ofthese proposals would make only cosmetic changes. Much moretransparency is needed, and stiffer reporting requirements shouldbe imposed on lobbyists, their clients, and the Members of Congressand congressional staff that they contact.
For the first time in more than five years, Congress has passed a budget plan. The plan would balance the budget by 2024—but only if Congress were to enact additional enabling legislation that would actually accomplish the savings included in their budget. That’s a huge “if.” This is one of Washington’s dirty secrets. Members of Congress get to claim credit for passing a budget that balances without being held to the task of actually accomplishing this feat.
Fifty years after the break in at Democratic National Committee headquarters, the corrosive impact of Watergate continues.
COVID-19 insurance claims could reach as high as THB110bn ($3.2bn) to THB180bn by the end of June, mainly from low-price COVID insurance, according to the research department of Thai Reinsurance Public Company (Thai Re).
The House and Senate voted last week, and President Biden signed into law on December 10, 2021, a bill to delay looming reduction in Medicare rates set to take effect in 2022. The...